Kyoto Colors - Palaces

Inside Kyoto Gyoen

Entering Kyoto Gyoen, one is met with neatly maintained gardens with solemn, wide gravel paths that stretch between the green spaces. The gravel is quite thick and makes a pleasing sound as you walk on it. In the middle of Gyoen Park stands the Kyoto Imperial Palace (Kyoto Gosho) and the Sento Imperial Palace (Sento Gosho) gardens both enclosed by long tile-roofed clay walls called "tsuiji."